Game Of Thrones star Maisie Williams has revealed that she took on a role in the fantasy series so that she’d have money for a new laptop.

Maisie was 12-years-old when she landed the role of Arya Stark, and has been with the hit HBO show since the beginning.

Now at 19, she has won multiple awards during her time in the series, including the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor.

Arya Stark played by Maisie Williams (Picture: HBO)

Skyrocketing to fame wasn’t at the forefront of her mind at the time when she auditioned for the show, the Bristol native admitted she just wanted a bit of extra cash for a new laptop.

She told the Guardian: ‘The thing I was really obsessed about was whether I would earn enough money to buy myself a laptop. My step-dad Gary just looked at me and said “I think there’ll be enough for a couple of laptops Maisie”.’

Her character was forced to drink a substance that removed her vision at the end of the last season as a punishment for disobeying The Faceless Men, the secret guild training her to be an assassin.

In addition to Game Of Thrones, she’s due to star in The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea alongside Jessica Biel and Jason Sudeikis, playing a homeless teen who builds a raft in an attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

Game Of Thrones returns to Sky Atlantic on April 25 at 2am and repeats at 9pm that evening.

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